Rachel Claudio is a

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, DJ, and live performing musical artist from

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, Australia.

Early life

Claudio was born and raised in Perth with an Italian heritage. After establishing herself as a DJ in Perth she moved to

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, aged around 23. She performs her music by singing, sampling and mixing live while manipulating an array of musical production technology. Claudio's grandfather impressed her with a fondness for musical styles such as

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and

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, and she spent a portion of her childhood indoors with piano music, playing and composing.

Career

Claudio has performed for artistic productions such as The Luxury of Landscape, a multi-discipline art installation in

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, Italy, featuring floral art, photography, music and fashion. Claudio contributed to Luxury of Landscape with a group of artists selected and led by fashion designer and financier Aneka Manners, but alas did not appear at the installation in person, claiming to be "too pregnant to fly" at the time. Claudio appeared on the French

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television channel version of

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where she received a standing ovation for singing "

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" by

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. A TEDxPerth live performance and speech by Claudio about translating emotions into sound has received almost 1 million views between February 2017 and March 2020. Claudio travels the world performing and supporting many popular music acts. Her style of performance is achieved by electronic live sampling with keyboards, creating beats and backing music on the fly and combining them with her singing. As of 2006, Claudio lives in

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Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Awards

WAM Song of the Year

The

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was formed by the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia. (wins only) , - , 2006 , "These Times" , Electronic/Dance , , -

References

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